Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-08
INTER State DRILL.
The Military Boys Rally at Paris for
a Friendly Test of Skill and 10
Have d Jolly Good Time.
The City Throws Open Her Gajcs aud
Eight Royalty Welcomes FGem,
The FIRST Days Prag ANNE.
The City brilliantly Illuminated IF Night.
i Concert by Home TaI~at-A
Yacht R7ce-Other SPgrts
i Gala DaI.

special 20 the Gazette.
PARIS, Ten, June Paris today was
all agog over the first days exercises OF
the Interstate drill and jubilee. The in
coming trains groaned uuder tae pom Ter
ou5 weight Of human freight watch
crowded every car, and visitors soon
lined every street ana filed every side
walk The city was urillial { win gaudy
Gsgs and faunting bunting. Every nstion-
atty seemed to be represented. The
Swiss cross and tho 62Tps o. acil on it,
background OF emerald entU ntd them
selves with the Stars Gut Stripes. Every
body kept open house saL aiI visitors
were welc med With cordially which
ouiy Parissns know now 10 extend.
THE MAGNIFICENT GROUNDS
selected for tsa gucAmpmsUt are SPOUT
one mile from the city, Gnd are well
adapted for the convenience If 81 large
multitude. Tbe ciose-croppr" aer0ase
presents Il smooth, even auIiacr, upon
which the hundreds If Immaculate tents
in artistic lax position stood u. III bold
and pleasant relief. The grand stand
snd the various buildings sUrmOunted
1tt1 lively streamers, gave zest ard pic
turesqueEess 10 the persps Give, while
soldiers completed the details Of the
splendid pic urc. The niiitsrg
COMPANIES IN ATTENDANCE,
so fRr, are the Se7ly II fas, the San ActO-
Mo Rifles, fae Wac0 Light Infantry, the
GraysOn RITES, and from the United
States regulars were companies a
and Il of the Sixteenth infantry, and
Plight 3 .tery If the Third artillery.
n, tfy-a ,nav Va oFFrd tho Eiun+b Gov
airy band, which was one # The chief fes-
lures of the days pleasure. The Trans
continental train brought in eleven mem
herS If The SEg Antonio Elks NJ. So,
Knights of Pgthigs, or rather thst pert Of
the lodge belonging to the uniform rank
division No. /, under charge Of Captain
j. NJ. Grain. This company intended con-
testing IgT the priZa, but uufUr; uu8tely
many Of the members belong TO the rife
companies, many more weTe detained
by business, end soiuG a. the last Eour
were captured f0- Jury gafyiCs, so Z num-
Der sufficient 10 enter the contest
could aOC De Obtained. This is regretted
from the fact tuat i. the last competitive
drill at San AntOcio this company was
beaten by the Paris boys Only twO-hun-
dreths of point and they were anxious
TO TRY THEIR FRIENDLY RIVALS
once more. For tie loss in members the
company made up il the number OF ladies'
along with then. Mrs. Captain j. NJ.
Grain, Mrs. Cassie Thaven05 and Miss
Carrie Morris. The last named is S
Young lady Of surprising beauty and
bears the distinction Of being ola File
du Regiment" and the company is
naturally very proud of her. The Uniform
Rank of Sam Houston Lodge No. 81 met
the San Antonio boys az tire depot in full
uniform, with banners waving and
splendid band disCOuTsiug appropriate
music. The line Of msrch Was taken up
Main street 10 the Knights of Pythias
hall where gu inform 81 reception was held
after which the newly arrived went TO the
far grounds. The p-C-T9mme St the fsir
grounds to-day WIS Is fIlioWs:
Gun club shool a. 8. Ii
Race at p. m.
Knights of Pythias drill at 3 p, N.
State military drill at 80 p. m.
Light battery drill, Omitted States
Regulars" at $50 p. IN.
Dress parade at 6 80 p. m.
These exercises were merely informal,
outside CT the gun shoot, which was q
lively contest between the out-of-tOWn
CLUBS. On tomorrow the programme
will be the same only that instead CT ex-
hibition drills the competitive drilling
will commence. Another great crowd is
looked for 10 morrow. Tonight the city
presents an attractive appearance; every
house, street, highway and byway is illu-
minated, and the CLEAN Of japanese Ian
terms aud the glare of calcium lights illu-
miIe the darkness all around. The enter
tainment tonight consists in q concert
by local talent under the management of
Mrs. o. II Pollard The concert IS for
the benefit of Miss Dixie Crooks, the Jenny
Lind OF Texas. The opera house is
crammed and the applause is rapturous5
The military boys are on the qui ViVe
for the contest tomorrow. An effort was
made to sell pools tonight, but it met
with no announcement. Following were
the conditions Of the Sh2Ot to-day: Shoot
No. 1-Guaranteed purse, SIS; live
pigeons, % yards rise; ties, birds, Ct %
yards, miss and wait; moneys, 40, 80, 20
and 10 per cent; entrance, So. Shoot
No. 2-Guaranteed purse, SIS; 10 single